Score: 10
"Whoa"
date: December 10, 2008
I agree with the user below, this IS HIGHLY underrated. How this has a score below a 4 is beyond me. This was superb. I'm not one to complain that much about the animation, but I thought it was really good. Certainly nothing on the level of some stuff you see in the top 50 of all time on Newgrounds, but it was really good and I had no problems with it. But the thing that sold it for me was the patience you had with the storytelling. You didn't just jump right into some pointless battles like I'm sure many people would have preferred; you took care to setup the world, the storyline and the characters, and this made this a much more fascinating piece of work, and certainly more fun to watch as I was engaged in what was going on. I'm a sucker for these sort of things on Newgrounds when people actually take time to develop an interesting story instead of short clips of senseless violence or unfunny comedy shorts. Your directing was great, the visuals and composition was were all great. So good job man, I only wish you've done more on Newgrounds that I could see.
If I had only one complaint, it would have to be your selection of music during the fight scenes. Maybe you were going for a Quentin Tarantino feel with that, but since that music is so overused in many things, it kind of ruined the feel a bit. But that's just a minor gripe.
But again, good job.
December 11, 2008
Author's Response:
Glad u liked the movie. Looking back, I can definately see things I could do better now, but I do honestly believe its a bit underrated. The next movie I plan to release will be in the same universe as this one, and that focuses on the "world" even more than this movie did. I've put some pics and info on my userpage if you want to see.
I know Misirlou is overused, and I'm gonna try to get a little more obscure in my music choice. I plan to use "Yuki, Muon Madobe Nite" for the battle in my next movie; hopefully that's obscure enough.
Thanks for reviewing.
